Show HN: I created a lightweight JavaScript library to visualize JSON as a graph

Re:Show HN: I created a lightweight JavaScript library to vi... by lou_alcala on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @10:51PM (#42252754)

You're absolutely right! Thank you for pointing that out. I've updated the initial JSON example to include a more complex and realistic object that better showcases

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Re:Show HN: I created a lightweight JavaScript library to vi... by mattvr on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:49AM (#42257492)

Looks much better!

I could definitely see using this, but don't think it solves anything for me right now.

I think if the diagrams didn't require horizontal panning, and/or supported interactive collapsing, it would be more effective. As it stands, the text view on the left side of the screen is actually easier to parse at a glance than the tree.

Generally, vertical scrolling is more natural for reading this kind of data, and also works better on mobile.

So a first guess of an improvement is something like: the tree diagram generally grows flat & vertical, with horizontal panning (or a manual "expand" click) reserved for deeply nested objects.

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